Asia Le Mans Series Round 1

As the offshoot to the French 24 Hours of LeMans, the Asian Le Mans Series originated from the world’s oldest active sports car held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, France. The endurance race is an Asian sports car racing endurance series created by the Automobile Clubde l’Ouest (ACO) and based in Asia. It is the successor to the defunct Japan Le Mans Challengewhich folded in 2007 after its second season. The ACO aims to attract teams and drivers fromAsian countries such as China and Japan.Out of 8 teams, Akash who raced under the KC Motorgroup Ltd (KCMG) along with teammates Gary Thompson and British virtuoso James Winslow. Having driven for KC Motorgoup LTD in the Formula Masters China Series, the team who has been in partnership with Akash have seen some extraordinary capabilities and talent hence invited him to participate in the prestigious opening round of Asian Le Mans Series. Being the youngest in history to participate in a Le Mans Series, Akash walked into the history books of the event and Le Mans overall.Having qualified to start the race from P2, Akash steamed the team in to P1 closing his stint of the race, having set the fastest lap simultaneously, in a wet race Akash held the position and handed over to Gary Thompson for the final stint, Gary went on to beat Akash’s fastest lap by 1/10 of a second and maintained the position to finalize the race as winners.

Results:Round 1 - Inje, Korea • 1st in category• 1st overall

The Prestigious 60th Macau Grand Prix

At 16 years old, our Malaysian racing wonder AkashNandyemerged as one of the youngest drivers to win in a Macau Grand Prix event.Akash’s maiden outing at the Guia Circuit has resulted in an elusive hat trick after grabbing pole position, setting the fastest lap and winning in Formula Masters prestigious season-ender.